A woman who accused Bright Eyes singer Conor Oberst of raping her when she was a teenager a decade ago now says she made the story up. Joan Faircloth sent a notarized statement to Oberst's lawyer Monday recanting what she wrote online starting last December. "The statements I made and repeated online and elsewhere over the past six months accusing Conor Oberst of raping me are 100% false," the Durham, North Carolina, woman wrote. "I made up those lies about him to get attention while I was going through a difficult period in my life and trying to cope with my son's illness."

The allegations were "republished by countless media outlets around the world, thus further perpetuating the untrue depiction of Oberst as a rapist," said a defamation lawsuit filed by

OPTIONS:
- Bright Eyes against Faircloth in February.
- Conor Oberst against Faircloth in February.
- Durham against Faircloth in February.
- Joan Faircloth against Faircloth in February.
- North Carolina against Faircloth in February.
- Oberst against Faircloth in February.
- Rolling Stone against Faircloth in February.


Conor Oberst against Faircloth in February.